Attachment for linotype-machines.



No. 821,342. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

I 3. 3. DAY & H. B. HUBBARD. ATTACHMENT FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLIUATIQH III ED APB- 24. 1905.

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ATTACHMENT FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES. APPLIGAT-ION FILED APB.2|4.1905.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN S. DAY and HARRY B. HUBBARD, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Bellingham, in the county of Whatcom and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Linotype- Machines, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to new and useful im provements in linotye-machines, and more particularly in prov' ing means for horizontally adjusting the transfer-fingers to suit the various measures or lengths of lines.

It is an object of this invention to provide novel means in a device of this kind wherein the adjusted parts are held against displacement.

It is also an object of the inventionto provide for instantaneous adjustment to a fixed measurement.

Furthermore, an object of this invention is to producea device of this character wherein absolute accuracy of measurement is obtained in the adjustment.

Finally, an object of this invention is to produce a device of the character noted that will beeflicient and satisfactory in use and comparatively inexpensive to produce and maintain.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of :onstruction and in the arrangement and :ombination of parts to be hereinafter more iully described and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail refer- :nce will be had to the accompanying drawn s,forn'1ing part of this specification, wheren ike characters denote corresponding parts n the several views, in which- Figure 1 represents in front elevation the resembling mechanismof a linotype-ma-.

whine with the invention applied thereto. ig. 2 is a top plan view of the carriage. Fig. i is a side elevation of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a secional View illustrating details of the invenlOIl.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates the wellmown form of linotype-machine as disclosed a Patent No. 726,019, and in view of the dis- Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed April 24, 1905. flerial No. 257,267.

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closure therein no detail will be given in this specification except that which is pertinent to the invention at hand.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the carriage suitably mounted on the main frame 2, and is provided with two depending fingers 3 4, havmg a normal separatlon slightly greater than that of the composed line for the purpose readily understood. Formed on the carriage 1 near each end are lugs 5 6, in which is suitably mounted a horizontal rod 7. This rod is provided with a flattened face 8, which has a series of transverse slots or grooves 9, arranged in pica measure. To the lug 6 the finger 4 is rigidly connected, while the finger 3 is mounted on the rod 7 and is intended to attain the different adjustments desired. The portion of the finger 3 embracing the rod 7 is rovided with a hollow boss 10, through which passes a rod or 'bolt 12. The inner end of this rod has .a head 1 1, which has its face flat, but centrally of the face and extending entirely thereacross is a lug 13, at right angles thereto, ada ted to fit snugly within the grooves 9 of the rod 7. This projection normally engages the wall of a groove 9 at all times, and to hold it in its normal position a spiral spring 14 is caused to embrace the bolt 12 and bear against the head 11 and an annular shoulder 16 within the bore of the boss. To the outer end of the bolt 12 is attached a button or thumb-piece 17, by means of which the bolt 12 is raised from within the roove 9.

The construction and operation of the de-' vice are thought to be clearly apparent from the foregoing, attention being directed to the fact that the pica measurement assures a quick and accurate adjustment, while the contact of thehead with the grooves assures a permanent adjustment. 1

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a linotype-machine, a carriage, a rod carried there y, having transverse rooves, a fin er on the carriage, a finger slide. is on the 1-05, said finger having a hollow boss on the end embracing the rod, said boss being r0- vided with an annular shoulder within the bore, e, bolt slidable in the boss, at head Yon tures,.in the presence 01 two Witnesses, this the bolt engaging the transverse grooves, a 12th day of April, 1905. 8 ring embracing the bolt and bearing against EDWIN S. DAY. t e headand theshoulder of the bore, and a HARRY B. HUBBARD 5 finger-dpiece on the bolt, substantially as de- 1 Witnesses scnbe PAUL GOODING, Intestnnony whereof WG afliX 0ur slgna- W. T. CROSIER 

